Cigar or cigarette holder.



No. 720,232. PATENTED FEB. '10, 1903.

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CIGAR 0R CIGARETTE HOLDER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

WVILLIAM EMERY DAVIDSON, OF NORTH SHIELDS, ENGLAND.

CIGAR OR CIGARETTE HO LDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 720,232, datedFebruary 10, 1903.

Application filed November '7, 1902. Serial No. 130,372. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM EMERY DA- VIDSON, of 89 Bedford street,North Shields, in the county of Northumberland, England, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Smoking-Tubes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to sinokingtubes for holding tobacco, cigars, orcigarettes, and has for its object to provide means whereby the fag endor burned remnant of the tobacco or the cigar or cigarette is easilyejected, the said means being concealed within the holder, and so in noway detracting from its appearance.

A holder made in accordance with the invention is formed in two parts,one part telescoping more or less upon the other. Within the holder isdisposed a piston or head adapted to be retracted against the influenceof a spring and held until it is desired to release the same, the act ofreleasing the piston causing it to shoot forward and eject the cigar orcigarette end.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of oneform of holder made in accordance with the invention, showing thepistonin its extended position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing theparts in an intermediate position. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevationshowing the piston in its retracted position, and Fig. 4 is across-section of Fig. 2 at the right of the catch.

Referring to the said drawings, the holder is made in two partsa forwardpart a, formed to receive the cigar or cigarette, and a part b, shapedto suit the mouth. The part a, intended to receive the cigar orcigarette, is formed with a hollow extension 0, adapted to telescopeinto the other part, said extension having a transverse slot 6 at itsend f. The part b has a cylindrical recess 8 and a smokebore 25.

Disposed within the holder is a piston or head secured to a stem or -rodh. The stem or rod is formed with a slot is at one end and is providedwith a shoulder, notch, or projection m, adapted to form a catch tocoact with the slotted end f of the hollow extension, so as to hold thepiston back when the parts are drawn apart and turned in relation to oneanother. A spiral springn is disposed on the rod or stem 71, between thepiston-head g and the slotted endfof the hollow extension andnormally-serves to force the pistonhead g into the part a, intended toreceive A pin 0 is disposed in the cigar-or cigarette. the part b,shaped to suit the mouth, and passes through the slot 7c in the stem 71and keeps the parts together. The piston-head is or may be perforated,as at p, and an additional ferrule is or may be provided between the twoparts and fixed to one part and telescoping over the other. Thearrangement is such that when the two members a and Z) are drawn apartthe head or piston g is retraoted and the spring n compressed. When thatportion of the stem it having the slot is and notch m has passed throughthe slot 6 in the end of the extension 0, a partial turn of the twoparts a and b in relation to one another causes the notch m to coactwith the end f of the extension, and thereby retains the piston g in thedrawn-back position,-as shown in Fig. 2. The two parts a and b can thenbe closed or brought together, as shown in Fig. 3. If the members a andb are now turned so as to disengage the notch m from the end f of theextension 0, the head or piston g is forced forward by the spring 9t,and the cigar or cigarette is ejected.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a smoking-tube of a mouthpiece, a forward partadapted to he slid and turned in the mouthpiece, a spring-pressed stemwith piston-head and slotted end disposed in the forward part, andconnected to the mouthpieeaand means for retracting said stem andlocking and releasing the same in and from the retracted position.

2. An improved smoking-tube comprising a mouthpiece having a cylindricalrecess and a smoke-bore, a forward part adapted to receive a cigar orcigarette and formed with a hollow extension having a slotted end, saidextension being disposed in the cylindrical recess and adapted to beturned and slid therein, a stem having a piston-head at one end and aslotted part at the other end, and a shoulder, said stem and pistonbeing disposed in the forward part of the holder and so arranged thatthe slotted too end of the stem passes through the slot in the end ofthe hollow extension; a spiral spring disposed in the hollow extensionof the forward part and between the piston-head and the slotted end ofthe hollow extension, and a pin disposed in the mouthpiece and passingthrough the slotted end of the stem; the shoulder on the stern beingdisposed in the hollow extension when the spring is in its extendedposition and disposed outside the hollow extension in the smoke-borewhen the springis in its retracted position said shoulder being lockedby the slotted end in the retracted position and released therefrom whenthe stem is turned in relation to the slotted end.

3. In smoking-tubes the combination of a mouthpiece having a smoke-bore,a forward part fitted telescopically to the mouthpiece, a spring-pressedpiston-head in the forward part, a. stem projecting from the piston-headinto the mouthpiece, a pin-and-slot connection between said stem and themouthpiece, means for locking the piston in its retracted position tothe forward part by turning the telescopic parts one in regard to theother and for releasing the locked parts by turning the telescopic partswhen in closed or extended position.

4. In smoking-tubes the combination of a mouthpiece having a smoke-bore,a forward part fitted telescopically to the mouthpiece, a spring-pressedpiston-head in the forward part, a stem projecting from the piston-headinto the mouthpiece,a pin-and-slot connection between said stem and themouthpiece, a shoulder on the stem, means for engaging said shoulderwhen the telescopic parts are extended and turned one in regard to theother and so locking the piston in its retracted position but allowingthe telescopic parts to be closed together, the turning of thetelescopic parts serving to release the shoulder and spring-pressedpiston, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM EMERY DAVIDSON.

\Vitnesses:

ARTHUR F. BURGESS, W. H. J. RYDER.

